Hay elevator and stacker



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No. 252,303. Patented JanuH;1882.

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J-. DAIN Jr. HAY ELEVATOR AND S'TAQKER.

No. 252,303 Patented Jan. 17,1882.

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. UNITEDSTATE PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH DAIN, JR, F MEADVILLE, MISSOURI.

HAY ELEVATOR AND STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,303, dated J'anuary 17, 1882.

" Application'filed October 21, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH DAIN, Jr., of Meadville, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay Elevators and Stack ers; and I do hereby declare that thei'ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification. e

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hay elevating and stacking device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, showing the elevator raised and tilted over the top of the carrier. Fig. 3 is a side view, and Fig.

4 is a detail view of the part of the carrier ing braces G 0, connected by cross-piece D Y and by the crossed braces E E.

F F are the upper track-beams, which extend diagonally upward from the front crossbeam of the frame to the braces O G, at the tops of which they are connected by a crosspiece,G. I i I -H H are the lower traclcbeams, whichare' secured to the sides of the frame and of the braces G O, divergent from the upper trackbeams, as shown; and I I are guide-beams arranged above and parallel to the lower trackbeams, as shown.

The main or upper track-beams F are provided at their lower ends with hinged extensions J J, which, when the machine is being transported from place to place, may be folded up upon the main track-rails.

The carrier, which is denoted by letter K,

consist-s of'a transverse or cross beam, L, to

which the teeth M are secured in two rowsat an beams.

S S are pivoted arms, projecting rearward from the upward-projecting teeth M, adjoining the teeth 0, and having bearings for a transverse shaft, T, carrying wheels or rollers U,

working upon the lower track-beams H between the latter and the parallel guide-beams I. The shaft T moves in the slots Q ofithe rearward projections of teeth 0, and the latter are provided with pivoted lever-catches V, .which engage the shaft T andv hold it in position, as shown.

W is a shaft journaled between the rearward projectionsPof the teeth 0, and having wheels or rollers X, traveling upon the upper tr'ack- Y Y are ropes attached tothe projections P, and passed over pulleys or through staples or deadeyes Z at the upper transverse beam or cross-piece, G. A single rope may be substituted for the double one shown in the drawin gs.

ARB are studs projecting laterally from the braces O, as and for the purpose which will be presently described.

i In operation my improved .machine is secured by stakes, or in any suitable manner, at the place in the field or barn-yard where it is desired to make the stack. The hay is then gathered by a suitably-constructed horse-rake A and B, being, however, instantaneously again raised to the extent of the length of slots Q, so as to discharge the load upon the stack. When the pull .upon ropes Y is released the carrier slides down automatically, and is ready for a repetition of the operation.

studs A, which release the catches and tilt the carrier, which drops down between the studs While the machine is being transported from place to place the lower end ofthe main track may be folded up and the carrier partly elevated, as shown and described.

This invention is simple, durable, convenient, and easily operated. It has no complicated levers, ropes, pulleys, springs, or other parts which are liable to get out of repair, and it. will do the work for which it is designed efficiently-and well.

Having thus described myinven-tion, I claim. and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The 'combinationfin a hay-stacking deice, of the diagonal upper track-beams, F F, the lower track-beams, H H, diverging from beams F, and the guide-beams I 1, parallel to the lower track-beams, with the-carrier having two sets of rollers traveling the one upon the upper and the other upon the lower trackbeams, as described, for the purpose set forth.

' 2. In a hay-stacker, the combination of the tracks, as described, with the herein described ca'rrier, having teeth 0, provided with rearward-projecting arms P, having slots Q, forming bearings t'ortheendsofa shaftmounted in pivoted arms and having rollers or casters, as described, for the purpose shown and specified.

3. The combination of the track having studs A B with the herein-described carrier having pivoted-latches V and suitable oper- JOSEPH DAIN, JR. 7 Witnesses:

JOSEPH DAIN, W. W. STURGES. 

